 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 640 pages
...this is in accordance with the canon of descents ' that the lineal descendants in iiifinitum of ajiy person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that...person himself would have done had he been living:' 2 Blackstone, 217; Ib. 225. If our conclusion be correct that a distribution is to be made to the statutory... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1899 - 570 pages
...that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestors : that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. Thus the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth, Charles William Vickers - Forms (Law) - 1899 - 336 pages
...tenures naturally extended themselves to the other free tenures. (iv) Lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same place as the ancestor himself would have done had he been living. From the reign of Edward I, this principle of... | |
 | George Washington Kirchwey - Real property - 1900 - 596 pages
...eldest only shall inherit, but the females all together. 4. The lineal descendants, I'M infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor...5. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person fast seised, the inheritance shall descend to his collateral relations, being of the blood... | |
 | George Washington Kirchwey - Real property - 1900 - 578 pages
...the eldest only shall inherit, but the females all together. 4. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor...5. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the inheritance shall descend to his collateral relations, being of the blood... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1900 - 888 pages
...always be preferred to the collateral. It is a rule of descent that the lineal descendants in injinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is, shall stand in the (r) Bracton, lib. 2, c. 29. (s) Co. Litt. 10 b ; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1. same place as the person himself... | |
 | Charles Theodore Boone - Real property - 1901 - 646 pages
...The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is, stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living;5 5. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue of the person last seised, the inheritance shall... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Contracts - 1903 - 636 pages
...estates." 4. The lineal descendants, indefinitely, of any deceased person shall represent their ancestors; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. Thus, the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1902 - 540 pages
...materna taking next in order after their mother. 8. The lineal descendants, in infinitum [Indefinitely], of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, — that is, shall stand iu the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. Thus, the issue of a deceased... | |
 | Richard Edgar Kemp - Real property - 1903 - 650 pages
...become entitled as coheirs (t). 4. The fourth rule is, that all the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor...person himself would have done had he been living («). Thus, in the case above-mentioned, on the death of William, the eldest son, leaving a son, that... | |
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The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. 
